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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Taps Aerojet Rocketdyne To Power HALO
L3 Harris Technologies [LHX] said its Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary was chosen by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide the propulsion system for the anti-ship Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface weapon (HALO). The […]
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Navy/USMCVCNO Franchetti: Tuberville Holds Will Take Years For Promotion Delays To Fully Recover
The nominee to be the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) said Thursday that whenever a blanket hold on high level military promotions is lifted it will ultimately take years […]
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BudgetNavy Comptroller: Sequester Would Cut Navy Budget By $15 Billion
The Department of the Navy’s comptroller this week warned if the government faces a sequester starting in 2024 the Navy would face a $15 billion budget cut and if there […]
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BudgetSECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies
The Navy comptroller this week said the Secretary of the Navy directed a new initiative, dubbed Running Fix, to find more ways to increase efficiencies and save money in the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Participants For ‘Silent Swarm’ Electromagnetic Spectrum Experiment
The Navy is seeking participants for an upcoming 2024 event, called Silent Swarm, that will experiment with using swarming small unmanned systems of all types (UxS) to disrupt an opponent’s […]
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Missile DefenseBoeing Wins Phase 2 Of DARPA Hypersonic Defense Interceptor
Boeing [BA] won a $70.5 million contract to develop and test technologies for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency’s (DARPA) counter-hypersonic missile interceptor program, Glide Breaker. […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Look To Sea-Launched Loitering Munitions
A top Marine Corps official recently said the service is looking to deploy loitering munitions off on unmanned vessels, but the capability has not been tested yet. Speaking during the […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Nabs $91.5 Million Mod To Become Second LCU-1700 Landing Craft Builder
The Navy awarded Austal USA a $91.5 million modification on Sept. 6 for the detail design and construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU)-1700 class craft, making it the second […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps To Use LSM Test Vehicle At Project Convergence, Five Competitors On Prototypes
The Marine Corps plans to test its first Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) early next year as it develops the needs for the new Landing Ship Medium (LSM) to be bought […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Reveals Newest Multi-Year DDG Contracts Cost $14.6 Billion
This week a Navy contract update revealed how much the Navy is spending on its latest five year, 10-ship multi-year contract for Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. A Sept. […]
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